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The latest news about research, events, staff and students from the School of East Asian Studies.
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28 July 2020

The School of East Asian Studies scores highly in the latest National Student Survey (NSS)

The annual survey shows that the School has ranked 1st in the Russell Group for overall student satisfaction.
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Charles Alfred Fisher Prize for best PhD Thesis

To recognise the incredible achievements of our graduating PhD students, each year the School of East Asian Studies awards the Charles Alfred Fisher Prize for the best PhD thesis or article in Chinese, Japanese or Korean Studies.

14 August 2020
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Coronavirus in Japan: why is the infection rate relatively low?

Whilst Covid-19 rapidly spreads across the world, Japan’s infection rate seems relatively low. Dr Hiro Waranabe discusses why that might be in The Conversation.

17 March 2020 | The Conversation
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Doomed fate of 'undesirable Korean' in Japan

A fantastic new article by Dr Deokhyo Choi about a World War II Prisoner of War's tragic transnational migration. A fascinating read for anyone interested in history, migration and anthropology.

7 February 2020 | The Korea Times
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Japan Now North 2020

Japan Now North is a week of activities celebrating the art, culture, literature and film of Japan. Now in our third year, we are holding events across Sheffield, home of one of Europe's leading academic centres on Japan.

14 January 2020
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Employability in the spotlight

We’ve had a full semester of events over the last few months, including careers presentations from a number of East Asia-focussed companies and organisations with long experience finding roles for East Asian studies graduates.

4 January 2020
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A successful BAJS Conference in Sheffield

The School of East Asian Studies welcomed over 200 Japanese experts to Sheffield in September for the triannual British Association for Japanese Studies Conference.

21 September 2019
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Meet our growing East Asian Studies Team

The school has employed a number of new staff recently, growing our expertise in various discipline with a focus on the East Asia region.

16 September 2019
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New era of leadership in SEAS

September 2019 will see a major and exciting change in the governance of the School of East Asian Studies (SEAS) as Professor Hugo Dobson steps down as Head of Department after 6 and a half years and Dr Kate Taylor-Jones takes on the role.

26 August 2019
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Celebrating 40 years of Korean Studies

The University is celebrating 40 years of Korean Studies with a panel event, bringing together three prominent academics to discuss the future of Korean Studies.

19 August 2019
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What are Korean totem poles?

The university celebrated 40 years of Korean Studies at Sheffield with the installation of two giant Korean totem poles in the centre of campus.

26 March 2019